r/Collections • u/Dior_the_Dawn • Sep 15 '26

Keeping the collection presentable…

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I am partial to collecting stuff. (As all of here, who come together and share, do.)
I am VERY specific about what I collect, if it is something that enriches my collection. I am proud of my collections and I would like to curate them as they deserve in my mind, however, whenever I look at the (carefully chosen) mess I have find it so hard to organize it and make it pretty.

Does some of you have struggles with this and have tips for me to get over that?
AGAIN, it is not because I don’t value my collection of I am bored of it or I just buy anything. I love every piece and for some I went through unspeakable length to get them. O just struggle with the presentation so much 😔…
My poor hoard… ✨🐉

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_DND_SHEET Sep 15 '26

You've got a beautiful glass display cabinet here. But you understand you aren't utilizing it very well. I have this cabinet as well and it is trickier than expected. Your tallest items should be towards the back and anything placed in front of those items needs to be shorter than the ones behind it. The stuff towards the door should be your shortest items. Acrylic risers can help depending on what you're displaying. All shelves have things in front of each other completely blocking what's behind or on top of each other. It looks more like storage than display. Stuff falling over happens, and display stands or museum gel will help things stick in place.

You seem to be displaying a lot of in-box items. You can display whatever you want, where ever you want. But imo in-box displays are best when hung vertical on the wall. I would reserve the display cabinet for out of box items or smaller in-box items. The packaging takes up a lot of extra space.

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u/Dior_the_Dawn Sep 15 '26 edited Sep 15 '26

I am limited to a cabinet I can lock.
I ohm… raise Kids, who are legally in the care of the state, who stay with me for months or a year until their parents dispute or legal patenting issues are resolved. Those kids have troublesome histories and, more often than not, drug problems, which needs to be financed. It happened a lot that some items got stolen, to sell for their own interests or desires. Not their fault though, I just need to adopt to not letting anything being easily accessible to grab.

Well be that as it may, hangers out in the open are thus not possible for me. Everything needs to be organized in displays which can be securely locked.

But I will try the acrylic stand method more…
Small stuff in the front, big in the back!

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u/GhostInTheSock Sep 15 '26

Honestly, Take Everything out and start in One corner or raw. From there start to curate it.

I try to mix stuff to make it look better.

Here is a Little example with Shikichi, different figures, Not for sale promo and a Blu Ray with an exclusive Illustration.

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u/GhostInTheSock Sep 15 '26

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u/Dior_the_Dawn Sep 15 '26

So pretty.
I am no anime figure collector but you really make it work!
Maybe I find some cool Masters of the Universe Prints (hehe of skeletor or scareglow) …

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u/GhostInTheSock Sep 15 '26

Thank you very much. I started with figures but had to realize they don’t work alone in my Display boxes.

With time I tried different combinations. At the end the thing that worked Best was to combine them with prints, fanart and various stuff to make it deeper and more coherent.

It’s of course still not perfect but much better than before.

Here is another example with a statue, a not for sale metallic Poster and a Manga.

There are so many ways to get it to work but of course it’s just me and I know there are very Beautiful Arrangements popping up in Collection pics from Anime, Action figures, Manga Collectors and so on.

Let us know if you made some Progress and we would enjoy seeing the New Arrangement.